Great List! Here's a few others worth considering: A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother Black Sheep - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Scarface - Mr. Scarface is Back Compton's Most Wanted - Music to Driveby Too Short - Born to Mack Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
so glad you included paul's boutique in this list, the album is absolutely incredible, the first hip hop album i fell completely in love with. i was working a job at a record shop for about 2 months and every single day on the commute there i listened to this album in full.
That's gonna be hard considering how expansive the genre punk is, I mean you could name the classics like the sex pistols or the ramones and black flag but you're not getting the full picture of what punk music is
ragon In my opinion these starter pack videos benefit genres that are extremely expansive. When looking at genres like punk that have a lot of sub genres and deviations from the original New York movement in the 70s, a list of 5 or 6 great punk albums provides a good base for people who want to get into the genre, but have no idea where to start because of its expansiveness. I can definitely see where you're coming from though
Hating on asians isnt a good reason to exclude psy gangnamstyle. You even said that you loved the structure, vocals, etc. The only thing you didnt like were their eyes. You described them as "disgusting". Fantano im gonna be honest. You are disgusting. Subscribed. Cant wait for more videos!
I'm 34 years old, about to be 35 this November 2019 and I have to say it like this: I grew up on Golden Age Hip Hop since I was born when Run DMC's first album was released. By the way, try listening to the other Golden Age Hip Hop classics. Here's the list: Radio (L.L. Cool J, 1985) Escape (Whodini, 1984) Back to the Old School (Just-Ice, 1986) In Full Gear (Stetsasonic, 1988) Kool Moe Dee (Kool Moe Dee, 1986) Mantronix: The Album (Mantronix, 1985) Saturday Night (Schoolly-D, 1987) Grip It! On That Other Level (Geto Boys, 1989) Straight Outta Compton (N.W.A., 1988) Eazy Duz-It (Eazy-E, 1988) Rhyme Pays (Ice-T, 1987) Criminal Minded (KRS/BDP, 1987) Big Tyme (Heavy D & the Boyz, 1989) Let the Hustlers Play (Steady B, 1988) Long Live The Kane (Big Daddy Kane, 1988) Straight Out the Jungle (The Jungle Brothers, 1988) He's the D.J., I'm the Rapper (D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, 1988) Act a Fool (King Tee, 1988) Goin' Off (Biz Markie, 1988) The list goes on and on. Real talk!! Give it a try for yourself.
Thanks for the recommendations. I've been listening to a lot of Hip-hop lately, but mostly on it's modern scene. I might check some of these out, I'm completely aware of how different will these sound to the artists I already listen to, but that's going to make the listen much more interesting.
Here's my personal golden age hip hop starter pack: The New Calassic Lil Boat Beautiful Thugger Girls My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy In the Aeroplane Over The Sea
Here is a must listen collection if you want to go further : Ultramagnectic MCs - Critical Beatdown Paris - The Devil Made Me Do It The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better Ice T - The Iceberg, Power and Original Gangster albums Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane L L Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion Kool G Rap & Dj Polo - Wanted Dead Or Alive BDP - Criminal Minded and By All Means Necessary Ice Cube - Amerikkka's most wanted EPMD - Strictly Business and Unfinished Business Like you said Anthony, the term "Golden Age Hip Hop" is not only limited to the 80s. Many would say that it ended around 1993-1994. Anyway, keep up the good work.
I would also say the golden age ends around 93/4, which begs the question, how do you skip Biggie and Wu Tang? Snoop and Dre? Biz Markie, Pac, Nas? EPMD is the only thing on your list I disagree with. They were always the most mediocre hip hop group of the early age, and sort of the minimum bar one needed to clear to be considered decent.
If that's the case, then you could even include outkast's debut, there's a lot good on that that made them stand out even with that pretty mainstream sorta album.
What? have you not heard Bad Boyz in Barbarossa, or It Takes Several Nations of Millions to Stop My Holocaust? those records where so fucking gritty and ahead of their time and influenced so many people. You must be a fucking pleb.
My boy Antnee, do you think you´ll be doing more hip-hop starter packs. Kinda would like to see one for Trap, G-Funk, Instrumental Hip Hop, and if you can count it as Hip-Hip, Trip Hop.
Is the golden age really the golden age? I don't want to sound ignorant but in my opinion "golden age" hip hop is great but feels more like a renaissance era for hip hop really elevating the genre. Personally I feel like the best hip hop came mid to late 90s just me though I feel like that's the real golden age
A renaissance would imply it that it is going back to what made it great in the first place. I think it was just more of an advancement from early hip-hop. The real golden age imo would be the 90s or 2000s as so much was improved upon and original material came from it.
"golden age" is generally used to imply a very early time when something started having a lot of success and where a lot of quality content was released. I think calling anything after the mid 90s a golden age is just a bit wrong because of that.
Great list although i feel like Critical Beatdown by Ultramagnetic MC's is another great album to add to the starter pack. That album is so underrated, it's damn near a crime.
Great video, sir! I really do enjoy your discussion and starter pack videos more than your reviews at this point so I'm glad to see more videos be put up. Edit: I like the list a lot. If I had to say anything it would be that Straight Outta Compton should definitely be an honorable mention. It really showcased the change from party lyrics to gangsta and gruesome lyrics.
Love the list but I wish you would have included Criminal Minded by Boogie Down Productions to show hip hop moving into a darker and more hardcore direction
i was lucky enough to grow up in the fat laces and boom box with the guitar strap era. Album wise, Paid in Full was the most mind blowing from start to finish, in my opinion. They got the sound AND lyrics and delivery down so cold.
Elijah Ruby to me "golden era" implies east coast, not west coast gangsta rap. BDK should have been mentioned (I didn't finish the video yet, maybe he was.)
The 90s may be some people’s favorite now but Golden Age refers to a specific timeframe. It doesn’t mean “the best” it’s like the Greatest Generation or Gen Z-just a name
The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick fa sho. Still one of my all time favs to this day. An Indian Story, Hey Young World, *The Ruler's Back*, Children's Story, Teenage Love, etc., I mean come on!
personally I feel like 250-260 AD was the golden age for hip hop
IsaacP150 Exactly, the Romans were dope back in the day
IsaacP150 that one rap song about wearing sandals was legendary
@@mosaicblue121 ya beck when Horace, Martial, and Seneca we're dropping fire bars about their fly, 20 Denarius sandals and golden robe pins
Greek city states: *sick beats*
Me:
♪(┌・。・)┌
Too modern. 20,005 BC to 19,025 BC was the golden age
Public Enemy's "It Takes A Nation" is hands down my favourite hip hop album full stop. EVERY producer should have this album in their collection!!!
I was always partial to Fear of a Black Planet.
SAMEEE
Is Anthony wearing a sports bra?
Kyle Ivin It's called a posture brace...
Mormon underwear.
A wife beater
Goddamnit why'd you point that out lol
wh
The New CALassic is the golden age of hip hop. No one even comes close.
CALassic/10
Nope
Tru dat
Great List! Here's a few others worth considering:
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
Black Sheep - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Scarface - Mr. Scarface is Back
Compton's Most Wanted - Music to Driveby
Too Short - Born to Mack
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
Anything ATCQ or Pete Rock=💓
Scarface isn’t really Golden-Age because it’s 90’s.
I'm outraged at the lack of low ens theory
Golden era is 85-89
Low End Theory is everything, bro.
What's the point of commenting on a fantano video this late?
Bandstand best samples in the game
Bandstand is your avi supposed to be Neutral Milk Hotel crossed with Bottomless Pit? If so that's amazing. Love your sample videos btw
In the Bottomless Pit Under the Sea
Your channel is pure genius
Greetings Joshua
Paid in full is not no joke
Daniel Jones such a DOOM way of saying it
Daniel Jones He used 2 let the mic smoke...?
@@cjhepburn7406yes…but now he throws it on the floor and makes sure it’s broken
@@powderedtoastfacekillah734oops dropped the crown like a stupid poke
so glad you included paul's boutique in this list, the album is absolutely incredible, the first hip hop album i fell completely in love with. i was working a job at a record shop for about 2 months and every single day on the commute there i listened to this album in full.
where's hopsin?
ToLWaM hopsin is too interlectual for this list
Soooo enlightening
Arnold Biggins it's spelt 'intterlecktyuwall'..
ToLWaM he shit
He Hopsin what?
Missing album: entire discography of Lil Pump
He's probably not on here because he ghostwrote Adventure's Of Slick Rick so Anthony Fantano didn't want to include Lil Pump twice
Graham Barnes no
a whole lot of Esketit going on
Ayo
6ix9ine feet high and Ratting gotta be my fav golden age hip-hop album
SlickthonyRicktano
Rakim was like the first rapper or artist I've ever discovered that got me into music. Praise the legendary MC
Do a 90s hip hop starter pack
Mos Def-Black on both sides
Also Gang Starr- Moment of truth
William Magee lmao he said 90’s
West Coast?
Amerikkka’s Most Wanted
Death Certificate
The Chronic
Doggystyle
Me Against the World
All Eyez On Me
Chronic
Doggystyle
Illmatic
36 Chambers
Remady to Die
Me Against the world/All Eyez On Me
ATLiens/Aquemini
Reasonable Doubt
Punk rock starter pack when?
*PLEASE MELON DO A PUNK ROCK STARTER PACK*
Info Wars, Fox News, Brietbart
That's gonna be hard considering how expansive the genre punk is, I mean you could name the classics like the sex pistols or the ramones and black flag but you're not getting the full picture of what punk music is
I'd see him doing a hardcore starter pack first
ragon In my opinion these starter pack videos benefit genres that are extremely expansive. When looking at genres like punk that have a lot of sub genres and deviations from the original New York movement in the 70s, a list of 5 or 6 great punk albums provides a good base for people who want to get into the genre, but have no idea where to start because of its expansiveness. I can definitely see where you're coming from though
I love the starter pack series keep up the good work Anthony
Hating on asians isnt a good reason to exclude psy gangnamstyle. You even said that you loved the structure, vocals, etc. The only thing you didnt like were their eyes. You described them as "disgusting". Fantano im gonna be honest. You are disgusting.
Subscribed. Cant wait for more videos!
I listened to License To Ill all the fucking time when I was like 6 or 7.
Dope playlist melon.
I'm 34 years old, about to be 35 this November 2019 and I have to say it like this: I grew up on Golden Age Hip Hop since I was born when Run DMC's first album was released.
By the way, try listening to the other Golden Age Hip Hop classics.
Here's the list:
Radio (L.L. Cool J, 1985)
Escape (Whodini, 1984)
Back to the Old School (Just-Ice, 1986)
In Full Gear (Stetsasonic, 1988)
Kool Moe Dee (Kool Moe Dee, 1986)
Mantronix: The Album (Mantronix, 1985)
Saturday Night (Schoolly-D, 1987)
Grip It! On That Other Level (Geto Boys, 1989)
Straight Outta Compton (N.W.A., 1988)
Eazy Duz-It (Eazy-E, 1988)
Rhyme Pays (Ice-T, 1987)
Criminal Minded (KRS/BDP, 1987)
Big Tyme (Heavy D & the Boyz, 1989)
Let the Hustlers Play (Steady B, 1988)
Long Live The Kane (Big Daddy Kane, 1988)
Straight Out the Jungle
(The Jungle Brothers, 1988)
He's the D.J., I'm the Rapper
(D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, 1988)
Act a Fool (King Tee, 1988)
Goin' Off (Biz Markie, 1988)
The list goes on and on. Real talk!! Give it a try for yourself.
Slick ricks behind bars is so good
Thanks for the recommendations. I've been listening to a lot of Hip-hop lately, but mostly on it's modern scene. I might check some of these out, I'm completely aware of how different will these sound to the artists I already listen to, but that's going to make the listen much more interesting.
love u melon
You forgot my mixtape.
loving the starter packs more please melon
Here's my personal golden age hip hop starter pack:
The New Calassic
Lil Boat
Beautiful Thugger Girls
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
In the Aeroplane Over The Sea
you forgot The Big Day
How can you forget about Wesley Willis’s ‘’Greatest Hits”?
You forgot all of Nav’s projects
You forgot about Revival by eminem
would love to see Paul's Boutique on a classic week review
You didn't go deep enough into Paul's Boutique for my taste, my dearest melon.
W for 3 Feet High and Rising, top 10 hip hop album of all time
Here is a must listen collection if you want to go further :
Ultramagnectic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Paris - The Devil Made Me Do It
The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better
Ice T - The Iceberg, Power and Original Gangster albums
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane
L L Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion
Kool G Rap & Dj Polo - Wanted Dead Or Alive
BDP - Criminal Minded and By All Means Necessary
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's most wanted
EPMD - Strictly Business and Unfinished Business
Like you said Anthony, the term "Golden Age Hip Hop" is not only limited to the 80s. Many would say that it ended around 1993-1994. Anyway, keep up the good work.
I would also say the golden age ends around 93/4, which begs the question, how do you skip Biggie and Wu Tang? Snoop and Dre? Biz Markie, Pac, Nas?
EPMD is the only thing on your list I disagree with. They were always the most mediocre hip hop group of the early age, and sort of the minimum bar one needed to clear to be considered decent.
If that's the case, then you could even include outkast's debut, there's a lot good on that that made them stand out even with that pretty mainstream sorta album.
But personally I think that the golden age mainly stopped around '92. Albums like the chronic for instance started the new age of rap.
Weirdily there was no Lil Pump record on that list. How Melon, how?
MesserCrow maybe because it's GOLDEN AGE hip hop not wack rappers .
ryan toys review 🌽
He's blatantly unlyrical trash for rebellious and angsty white twelve-year-olds.
ryan toys review bitch i stg if u dont review some toys
MesserCrow its becouse he has not released anything yet
I want a full review of every single album here; Paid in Full is still one of my favourite albums ever.
There all goated all u need to know
Review Adolf Hitler's art, but I mean his early paintings and not the weird performance shit and shower installations he did later.
What? have you not heard Bad Boyz in Barbarossa, or It Takes Several Nations of Millions to Stop My Holocaust? those records where so fucking gritty and ahead of their time and influenced so many people. You must be a fucking pleb.
This is the most inappropriate shit ive ever read. Amazing
With his trap flavored beats
His legacy was ruined by his beef with stalin, fdr, and Churchill
Hitler Painted?
I'd recommend A Tribe Called Quest, top grouo that were very close with De La Soul, forming Native Tongues collective with Jungle Brothers aswell
I don’t consider them golden age I think tribe in particular was part of the next wave
I do really want to hear a full Paul's Boutique review, you clearly love it (so do I
Real ones fuck with the starter packs
Pauls boutique... my melon. Good pick.
I can't wait to see more videos from this series :^)
KEEP THIS SERIES UP PLEASE, I LOVE IT
You sort of missed:
Booty Tape - Ugly God
Hopsin - Pound Syndrome
Lil B - I´m Gay (I´m happy)
Those are real golden age hip-hop albums.
My boy Antnee, do you think you´ll be doing more hip-hop starter packs. Kinda would like to see one for Trap, G-Funk, Instrumental Hip Hop, and if you can count it as Hip-Hip, Trip Hop.
idiot
Lil B's Im Gay (I'm Happy) actually is dope music... no jokes there.
*Lyrical spiritual miracle individuals*
Is the golden age really the golden age? I don't want to sound ignorant but in my opinion "golden age" hip hop is great but feels more like a renaissance era for hip hop really elevating the genre. Personally I feel like the best hip hop came mid to late 90s just me though I feel like that's the real golden age
There is no golden age, it's more of a brown age as in its all shit.
A renaissance would imply it that it is going back to what made it great in the first place. I think it was just more of an advancement from early hip-hop. The real golden age imo would be the 90s or 2000s as so much was improved upon and original material came from it.
Donovan West Ya I agree its more of an elevation of hip hop
According to Wikipedia the golden age of hip hop was from 86-96 .
"golden age" is generally used to imply a very early time when something started having a lot of success and where a lot of quality content was released. I think calling anything after the mid 90s a golden age is just a bit wrong because of that.
Love this bro
Great list although i feel like Critical Beatdown by Ultramagnetic MC's is another great album to add to the starter pack. That album is so underrated, it's damn near a crime.
I love these starter packs I hope you keep em coming fantanbro
DOOOOOMMM JUST DROPPED A SOONG
*flash cut to me going batshit insane*
Thanks for mentioning de la soul my melon
Starter Pack:
New Wave
Post Punk
Jazz Rap
Neo Soul
IDM
70s Soul/Funk
Jazz Fusion
Thrash Metal
Great video, sir! I really do enjoy your discussion and starter pack videos more than your reviews at this point so I'm glad to see more videos be put up.
Edit: I like the list a lot. If I had to say anything it would be that Straight Outta Compton should definitely be an honorable mention. It really showcased the change from party lyrics to gangsta and gruesome lyrics.
3:05 *I move away from the mic to breathe in*
Chocolate rainn
CONTENT. I might have tried to cram some EPMD in there but the video could go on forever tbh...love this.
You should do a starter pack for the early 2000s, there was a LOT of good music from that era
Kool Moe Dee and Big Daddy Kane don't get enough credit
Calling Rakim cutting edge is like calling the printing press only kinda important.
onewhovlogs Defo top 5 Emcee
My name is Fat G and I'm here to say
that my flow is funky fresh and I'm here to stay
Return of the boom bap?
Long live the kane?
Amerikkkas most wanted?
All should be on there in my opinion
I’m pretty sure he’s trying to do like 80’s stuff.
Im agreed wit long live kane
a tribe called quest
Love the list but I wish you would have included Criminal Minded by Boogie Down Productions to show hip hop moving into a darker and more hardcore direction
We're in the second golden age rn.
jcp2017 Lol yeah sure😏
Listen to Tricks of the Shade by the Goats. Under the radar but very very good
Industrial starter pack!! Throbbing Gristle, Einsturzende Neubauten, Skinny Puppy, Front 242, Godflesh, NIN, Whitehouse... get on it melon!
What's about A Tribe Called Quest?
edit: Maybe they goes more with the 90s type of rap.
The golden age is mid 80's to mid 90's. You left out so many classics.
Why tf is de la soul not on Spotify
Thank, you melon.
DAMN getting a 7 was when hip hop died
Andrew Foster that meme needs to die.
Andrew Foster it wasn't as good as TPAB.
DAMN getting a 7 is when theneedledrop died. Your stale meme is killing me kids
Andrew Foster damn deserved a 7/10 imo
Adam s yet you couldn't explain the overall concept to save your life
YEEEEAAAAHHHHHH BOOOOOYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEE
EPMD, Strictly Business?
Matt K The MC Rap Godness...no joke on the lyric...hard 2 be modest...
Great on the first two albums so far... Just could've mentioned Jam Master Jay's cuts on Run-DMC's stuff, unbelievable! But yeah I'm rockin with you
3:36 is on par with your typical Playboi Carti freestyle
Man, I think I like this channel more than I like theneedledrop channel - much more thought provoking content
Listen yo Esham. Thank me later
i was lucky enough to grow up in the fat laces and boom box with the guitar strap era. Album wise, Paid in Full was the most mind blowing from start to finish, in my opinion. They got the sound AND lyrics and delivery down so cold.
wow no Kool G Rap mention.. his early albums sound the least dated
sdghv lvhgngv The Melon Needs It's A Demo...
Never see Special Ed- Youngest in Charge mentioned so here i am mentioning it
and Legal
MF DOOM just released a track give me yo thoughts
Yeah, these are awesome!
In before 43 million views
Thanks for this list. I want to get into hip hop in general so badly. I hope this is where I can start
*Alright guys lets try not to have any serious comments for at least one video*
Happy 44 years, Hip Hop!
Also, Paul's Boutique > Licensed to Ill
Why do you wear tank tops under your tees, Melon?
It's all about Paid in Full
why did you not review Public Enemy's latest record? Nothing is Quick in the Desert. It's good.
Boy, keep this up
4:05
Well done.
Where was Nick Crompton?
I would add:
1. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
2. Gang Starr - Daily Operation
Big Daddy Kane
NWA
Too Short
Eazy E
The DOC
All deserve mentions
Elijah Ruby DOC was the best lyricist of his generation
Elijah Ruby You're thinking of G-Funk mostly.
Reggie Fils-Amie early g funk intersected with golden age hip hop
Elijah Ruby to me "golden era" implies east coast, not west coast gangsta rap. BDK should have been mentioned (I didn't finish the video yet, maybe he was.)
Elijah Ruby a tribe called quest too
Pretty good list, if you gotta whittle it down to 5. Hope there's a part 2 that includes more of my favorites. Good shit.
Best to worst Beastie boys?
Great picks, melon. A little bitter BDP didn't make it on here, but the early shout-out takes some of the sting away.
Great video 👍 but 90s hip hop is normally considered the golden age no?
golden age = late 80s - early 90s
The 90s may be some people’s favorite now but Golden Age refers to a specific timeframe. It doesn’t mean “the best” it’s like the Greatest Generation or Gen Z-just a name
Wow he did it, he actually did it..I didn't think he would. Kudos 2 U, let's see how the melon did..
Golden age of *TRAP INFLUENCED HI-HATS*
The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick fa sho. Still one of my all time favs to this day. An Indian Story, Hey Young World, *The Ruler's Back*, Children's Story, Teenage Love, etc., I mean come on!
Could you do a math rock starter pack?
Oh baby
A talking melon
FUCKINTHONY FINALLYTHANO been waiting for that for years